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August 16, 2010 – Treasury yields lower gold higher as support looms for the Dow.

The yield on the 10-Year US Treasury touched 2.639 overnight with this week’s risky level at
2.598. Gold is above my semiannual pivot at $1218.7 with todays risky level tested at $1225.0.
Crude oil is below my annual pivot at $77.05. The euro peaked at 1.3334 on August 6th followed
by the Dow at 10,720 on August 9th. The Dow is above its 50-day simple moving average at
10,266 with this week’s value level at 10,055 and my annual pivot at 10,379. Homes lost to
foreclosure surged in July, as appraised values continue to tumble.
10-Year Note – (2.691) My annual pivot is 2.813 with daily and weekly risky levels at 2.668 and 2.598.
My annual value level is 2.999 with quarterly and semiannual risky levels at 2.495 and 2.249.

Courtesy of Thomson / Reuters

Comex Gold – ($1217.0) Weekly, quarterly, monthly and annual value levels are $1159.3, $1140.9,
$1133.2 and $1115.2 with a semiannual pivot at $1218.7 and daily and semiannual risky levels at
$1225.0 and $1260.8.
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Nymex Crude Oil – ($75.46) No nearby value levels with daily, weekly and annual pivots at $75.83,
$76.86 and $77.05. My monthly and semiannual risky levels are $80.02 and $83.94. My quarterly value
level is $56.63.

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The Euro – (1.2753) Quarterly and monthly value levels are 1.2167, 1.1486 and 1.1424 with a daily
pivot at 1.2814, and weekly and semiannual risky levels at 1.3223 and 1.4733.
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Daily Dow: (10,303) My weekly value level is 10,055 with annual and daily pivots at 10,379 and
10,399, and monthly, semiannual and annual risky levels at 10,439, 10,558 and 11,235. My quarterly
value level is 7,812. My annual risky level at 11,235 was tested at the April 26th high of 11,258.01.
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Homes Lost to Foreclosure Surge in July

According RealtyTrac lenders repossessed 92,858 properties last month up 9% sequentially, and up
year over year for eight consecutive months. At the same time homeowners who fall behind on
mortgage payments are staying in their homes longer because lenders are reluctant to add to the glut
of foreclosed homes on the market. Sales of depressed homes are being purchased well below where
various home price surveys are tracking home values. Most home price surveys show that house
prices have moved sideways to up since April 2009, but in my opinion this is misleading.
Last week in the TV media I predicted that house prices would decline another 30% by the end of 2014
because of declining appraised values. The problem in reality is that real estate agents and home
builders attempt to avoid referencing appraised values claiming that this increasing number of home
sales do not represent a home’s fair value. I disagree! Home appraised values are based upon actual
sales where willing buyers and sellers agree on a price. The County Appraisal Office calculates an
appraised value of all homes in a community based upon all sales including short sales and disclosure
sales. Sales deemed at prices too low or too high are removed to create an average price per square
foot, which results in an appraised value which is used by the tax collector to determine property taxes.
There is no better measure for determining a home’s value. It’s not a home builders asking price and
it’s not the elevated prices being touted by real estate agents.
In my community, which has 90% of homes with fully paid property taxes, appraised values are down
35.7% year over year when home price surveys show a slight rise. After returning from my trip to NYC
last week I went to my Property Appraisal Office and found out that between April 13th and August 13th
the value of my home was down another 9.9%. Now that home buyer tax credits are history, 50% or
more of home sales will be from distressed properties.
That’s today’s Four in Four. Have a great day.
Richard Suttmeier
Chief Market Strategist
www.ValuEngine.com
(800) 381-5576
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